[HTML][HTML] Skin-friction drag reduction in the turbulent regime using random-textured hydrophobic surfaces

RA Bidkar, L Leblanc, AJ Kulkarni, V Bahadur… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Technologies for reducing hydrodynamic skin-friction drag have a huge potential for energy-
savings in applications ranging from propulsion of marine vessels to transporting liquids …

Pressure drop reduction of power-law fluids in hydrophobic microgrooved channels

J Javaherchian, A Moosavi - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Using hydrophobic surfaces is one of the efficient methods to preserve energy in fluid
transfer systems. However, the studies have been concentrated on Newtonian fluids despite …

Investigation on superhydrophilic surface with porous structure: Drag reduction or drag increasing

L Tang, Z Zeng, G Wang, E Liu, L Li, Q Xue - Surface and Coatings …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, different apertures of superhydrophilic porous TiO 2 films are fabricated by sol-
gel method with PEG2000 additive. The drag reduction effect of the films is investigated …

Hydrophobicity and drag reduction properties of surfaces coated with silica aerogels and xerogels

JE Rodriguez, AM Anderson, MK Carroll - Journal of sol-gel science and …, 2014 - Springer
Superhydrophobic surfaces have application in self-cleaning, anti-fouling and drag
reduction. Most superhydrophobic surfaces are constructed using complex fabrication …